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Samsung unveiled what I personally think are the world’s sexiest headphones. Dubbed Gear Circle, this Bluetooth-enabled device comes with a vibration motor that will inform you about incoming calls and other notifications like text messages. All of the basic features come included as well, allowing users to listen to the music, make and take phone…
Acer Liquid X1, which was announced alongside few other devices at this year’s Computex, is now available for purchase in Taiwan. It’s a rock-solid mid-ranger with a 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 chip, 5.7-inch IPS screen with 720p HD resolution and 2GB of RAM. In addition, the X1 also packs 13-megapixel camera with F/1.8 aperture and…
HTC has announced the Desire 510, its very first 64-bit smartphone. It’s not a powerhouse though, but a low-end smartphone that should deliver solid bang for the buck, or so we think. Inside the Desire 510, we find Qualcomm’s 64-bit Snapdragon 410 SoC which has four ARM Cortex-A53 ticking at 1.2GHz and Adreno 306 GPU.…
Asus is preparing to unveil two additional Transformer Pad devices at next week’s IFA in Berlin. The Transformer Pad TF303CL and Transformer Pad T303K will both rock 10.1-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) screens, 2GB of RAM, and 16 or 32 GB of internal storage. Android 4.4 KitKat will run the show right from…
Huawei officially announced the more affordable version of the Honor 3C, Honor 3C Play. This is an entry-level device that offers solid bang for the buck, including a 5-inch IPS 720p HD screen, MediaTek’s MT6582 quad-core chip clocked at 1.3GHz, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable storage. In addition, there’s dual-SIM capability and a…
One of the big downsides of modern wearable devices is the (perceived) lack of apps. The rise of Android Wear and the upcoming Apple iWatch promise to change that, but in the meantime users are “stuck” with the likes of Samsung Gear and Pebble smart watches. But guess what – there are quite a few…
The earlier rumored LG G3 Stylus has been officially announced and just as we’ve expected, it’s an entry-level device that won’t impress many. Heck, I’m not sure it will impress any existing smartphone owner in the West, but that’s not the point here. The Korean company made this phone for emerging markets where for one…
Chasing up Google is not an easy task but Microsoft has all the resources in the world to play every game the search giant is playing. And they’re playing lots of them. Chromecast is one those “games” and it’s proving pretty popular for Google. So the Redmond boys want to chip in and offer something…
The race for the world’s thinnest smartphone title continues. China’s Gionee is already holding that crown with its 5.55mm-thin Elife S5.5 model, but that apparently is not enough. They want to give it another shot and slash another millimeter along the way. The company is teasing the device on Chinese social media and we’ve got…
Spice Retail has launched a $38 (Rs. 2299) Firefox OS phone in India, the first of its kind for the company. As you would expect, the Spice Fire One Mi – FX 1 is an entry-level device that delivers Mozilla’s platform to first-time smartphone buyers. Specs include a 3.5-inch HVGA (320 x 480 pixels) screen,…